One Light Bulb At A Time
 

A high school physics teacher once told students that while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't slow a train very much, a billion of them would.

With that thought in mind, here's part of an email I got...

..."check this out . I can verify it because I was in Lowes the other day for some reason and just for the heck of it I was looking at the hose attachments . They were all made in China. The next day I was in Ace
Hardware and checked the hose attachments there. They were made in USA

In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else - even their job . My grandson likes Hershey's candy . I noticed, though that it is marked Made in Mexico now. I do not buy it anymore. My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made in Mexico, so I have switched to Crest. You have to read the labels on everything. This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 W light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets. I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off-brand labeled, "Everyday Value". I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the stats. They were the same except for the price. The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in Mexico, and the Everyday Value brand was made in the USA, in a company in Cleveland Ohio. Bounce dryer sheets, you guessed it, twice the price and made in Canada. I bought the Everyday Value brand, Made in USA. I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using for years!"

So it's time to throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that are made right here.

I have begun to read labels. I challenge you to do the same.

A great reply to this post would be the brand name and where you bought a common product made in USA.

USA goods
 

That is the post of the year! Finally!
We go well out of our way to seek non Chinese goods, and favor those from the USA.

so why are Walmart and it's majority of Chinese goods the overwhelming choice for so many Villages shoppers?

We go out of our way to shop at ACE and places that at least have some degree of correctness in terms of product selection.
We are willing to travel farther and pay more.

Ace is also considered a better place for workers and more favorable to its vendors.

We are grateful to have two in TV.

There's a store in the house office building here in DC that carries only goods made in the US.
The proprietor has a challenging job to seek out what she carries.

by the way, if anyone likes labels, don't stop short of food! Restaurants, especially chains, have nutritional info available.


L&L


L&L

Great post. We are changing the way we shop now. Not just reading labels for nutritional info, but where it is made.

Hubby always did like Ace

Great post.... I'm going to do it. :bowdown: Thanks

We're doing it too! I hope many many grasshoppers get in front of this train!

I agree. I will only drink California wine, micro brew beer and Kentucky bourbon.

I bought a package of frozen Tilapia fillets at Sam's.
 

I thought it was convenient the way each fillet was individually shrink wrapped. When I got home I was reading the lable for recipes when to my shock and dismay I found the fish was from and processed in CHINA!!!! It was promptly returned to Sam's for refund

I now read the lables before I put any package in my basket.

Fish from China?????????????????

btk

GREAT Post! Might take longer to shop but it is well worth it to me. Thanks!

I still work as an expediter for a major steel Company. It is almost impossible to buy American made products. Some of our drives are Japanese and we pay dearly for replacement parts. The other day an order I put in with GE which was worth $150,000 plus worth of motors came in. I was in the warehouse to check the order. Every single motor was made in Mexico.
Go figure. :MOJE_whot:

Sustainable Fisheries
 

Another thing we can all do is to ask where the fish come from when eating out at restaurants. Here is a link to a newspaper article which came out in the St. Petersburg Times in June of 2009 that discusses some of the issues regarding the world's oceans being overfished: http://www.tampabay.com/news/busines...cle1009445.ece

There are a many eat this/not that fish options and because of this the Monterey Bay Aquarium has regional pocket guides which can be printed out and carried for reference while we are out shopping and eating. Here is a link to their southeast guide: http://montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr...heastGuide.pdf

I am a firm believer in the one lightbulb or in this case "fish" at a time theory.

Julie, years ago I tried to do this at Burger King (I loved their fish sandwich). The girl behind the counter looked perplexed, and then told me that it came on a truck! :doh: